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Chapter 5-

For nearly 6 months, Emma managed to hide her new secret, but at last Jesse was able to figure it out. She came into his head and as was custom, he attacked, pinning her to the floor as he kissed her. Then his face changed as something kicked him in the stomach. "My God. You're pregnant."

Emma nodded, kissing him again. "I can't believe it. You're pregnant. Is it a boy or a girl?"

"It's a little girl." She said with a smile. "What do you want to name it?"

Jesse shimmied down her astral form and kissed her slightly protruding belly. "I think I want to name her Dai, Dai Marie."

"Dai Marie Kilmartin." She murmured, running her fingers through his hair. "I like it. All right then, Dai Marie it shall be."

"Good. How long have you known?"

"For about 3 months. I've even managed to keep it from Adam. I wanted to tell you first, but now I think I'm going to have to tell Adam. And the rest of the guys." Emma said, kissing Jesse's temple as he moved his head to lay between her breasts once again. "How are you, my love?"

"I think that I'm okay. But I think it's kind of open to interpretation. As much I love our little sojourns into my head, I miss having a physical form and holding you throughout the night."

"I miss that too, but it won't be very much longer. Just another year and a half. And it'll be over before you know it."

"How's Skyler?"

"He's okay. He's growing so fast. I asked Adam if it was normal for his appetite to suddenly becoming all-consuming. He just laughed and said that with you as a father, I shouldn't be surprised."

Jesse just laughed before sighing quietly. "I wish I could be there when you had our daughter."

"I know, me too. But you'll be out soon and you can hold her all you want then."

"Promise?"

"I promise with cherries on top." She said with a small smile. "Now I have to go. Adam has to give Skyler a check-up and you know how well those go over."

"Oh yeah. I'll talk to you tomorrow?"

"You know it. I love you Jesse."

"I love you too Emma." He said, before releasing her and letting her wake back up.

Emma opened her eyes, looking up to see Adam looking down at her with a small smile. "Morning glory." He teased, reaching to help her up.

"Morning Adam. So, Skyler's check-up huh?"

"Yep, Skyler first and then his Uncle Brennan."

"Oh great. The gruesome twosome."

Adam just laughed and released her, both of them going to pin down and corner the two stubborn boys into the lab.

Emma went into labor nearly two months later. She came running into the lab, panting heavily, clutching her belly. Brennan was struggling with Shalimar, trying to get her to sit still for the physical that Adam was trying to put her through. "Adam!" she called, before falling to her knees with a scream. "Oh God, it's not supposed to hurt this much." She sobbed, bowing over and hugging her stomach tightly.

Adam and Brennan both left off of trying to control Shalimar, coming to Emma's side immediately. "Emma? What's wrong?"

"It hurts." She moaned, blacking out in Brennan's arms.

"Get her in the chair. I have to scan her." Adam ordered, moving to his computer and muttering, "Jesse will never forgive me if she dies."

Brennan laid her in the chair, stepping back as the yellow light came down to scan her body. Adam's jaw dropped as he read the results. "My God, she's pregnant. And she's in labor."

Brennan backed up rapidly at the sound before turning to Jesse's pod. "Damn, he's got two children. Did you know about this, Adam?"

"I didn't know she was pregnant, although I imagine that Jesse knew. He always knew when something was up with Emma. And the same with her. Brennan, go get Lexa. Shal, I'm going to need you and Lexa's help with her. Brennan, you and Leo need to distract Skyler. I don't want him to come running in to rescue his momma. Take him to the zoo or something."

Brennan nodded and ran to send Lexa to the lab and find Leo and Skyler. Leo and Brennan snatched Skyler from his toys, carrying him out to a car and driving away. Lexa and Shalimar helped Adam as best as they could.

Several hours later, an exhausted and emotionally drained Emma lay on the chair, listening to her children scream. She had only been able to detect her psionic-feral daughter, Dai Marie, but they also had a molecular-elemental son. Closing her eyes, she connected with Jesse.

Jesse was standing still. He could sense Emma, but she was weak and he couldn't see her. "Emma?"

"I'm here, Jesse. You have a daughter and a son. You said you wanted to name the girl Dai, what about the boy?"

"Name him Nyght, Nyght Lee."

"You got it. I love you and I'll be back when I'm stronger."

"I love you Emma. I can't wait to see you again."

"Me either. I'll see you soon." She whispered before she faded from his head.

Jesse, worried by her weakness, but elated about the birth of his son and daughter, sank back against the wall. "Thank you for my children." He murmured, closing his eyes in hoping that she would somehow be able to hear his heartfelt prayer.

When Emma woke up, she smiled at Shalimar, who was sitting in a chair beside her bed. "Hey Shalimar, how are you?"

"I'm fine. You should have told us."

Emma had the grace to look abashed. "I know. But we needed everyone we could spare. Natalie was still healing and the Pierce twins are a valuable commodity, but without Jesse, we needed everyone."

"I know why you did it, just don't expect Brennan and me to let you out of our sights for awhile. Or out of Sanctuary for that matter."

Emma just blushed, laughing. "All right, Shal. I won't."

"So what are you going to name them? I imagine that you and Jesse have talked about it?"

"We have. The girl is going to be called Dai Marie and the boy will be named Nyght Lee."

"Dai and Nyght? Huh. Well, whatever you both want."

"Actually, he picked them both. Which is fine, I just get to name the next one."

"You want more?" Shalimar asked, looking at her friend as though she was missing several marbles in her head.

"I do, but I don't know about Jesse. It's very possible that he doesn't want anymore children. Or he wants us to single handedly repopulate Sanctuary."

Shalimar just rolled her eyes. "Good grief. You two are crazy."

Emma nodded good-naturedly. "Yeah. Probably." She said, looking over at the pod where Jesse still slept. "All I want is for him to wake up. And for us to live happily ever after."

Shalimar laughed, teasing, "Well you want a lot."

Emma just blushed crimson, laughing with her best friend. "How's Skye?"

"He's just fine. Grandpa and Uncle Brennan are probably stuffing his face with ice cream."

"Where are Lexa and Leo?"

"I don't know. Have you noticed…."

"That Lexa and Adam are constantly shooting looks at each other? Yeah, I noticed."

"Have you read them?" Shalimar asked, sprawling back into her chair beside the bed almost haphazardly.

"No, I don't have permission. Although, despite this, I can still sense their emotions whenever they're in a room together. They have it bad."

"And Leo?"

"I don't know. I think he knows and is okay with it. But I can't tell without reading him. How's Brennan?"

"He's okay. Freaking out about Jesse's overactive sperm, but okay. He thinks it's hardly fair that you and Jesse have three children and you weren't trying for them and we have none, despite everything."

Emma turned onto her side, smiling at the two bassinets next to her bed. "Maybe that's the problem?"

"How do you figure?" Shalimar asked, intrigued by what her friend was thinking.

"Jesse and I didn't try. Maybe you two shouldn't either. Maybe you should just let things roll as they should. It could be that God doesn't want you to have children yet. And when you're ready for them, God'll give them to you."

Shalimar snorted, her eyes rolling. "Oh yeah, and you and Jesse were ready for children. Skye was born while you were on the run and Dai and Nyght were born when Jesse is so ill he has to be in a stasis pod for the next year."

Emma looked at her friend, smiling softly. "I ask God sometimes why I was given children by Jesse and I can answer only one thing. God wanted me to have something to hold onto during the hard times. When Jesse and I were separated and I just needed a warm body to hold, I'd have my children to cling to. Maybe that's why we were given children; because I needed to hold onto him."

Shalimar looked at her best friend, in awe of the girl's simple philosophy. "You just roll with the punches, don't you?"

Emma chuckled, taking Dai from her crib and undoing her nightshirt, laying the nuzzling baby to her breast. "I don't have any other choice. It's either roll with whatever comes, or go certifiably insane." She murmured, before bowing her head over her daughter as Dai suckled greedily.